Memphis Choke

By Kleinheider Posted on July 29, 2008 at 9:03 am

Sue: “Dude, you don’t know what it’s like out here. I’m from L.A.”
Trent: “Anaheim.”
Sue: “Whatever, man.”

~ Swingers (1996)

Smart City Memphis chastises Rep. Marsha Blackburn for her Memphis-bashing campaign tactics:

In keeping with her scorched earth political style, she attacks Mr. Leatherwood for being uppity enough to run against her, and in her tours of the 7th District, she tends to say he’s from Memphis as if the word almost chokes her. Actually, he lives in Arlington.

She blames Mr. Leatherwood’s entry into the race on the courthouse crowd in that dreaded Memphis, but it’s pretty hard to understand who that crowd would be since Democrats have taken charge of Shelby County Government and surely not even Mrs. Blackburn would accuse Mr. Leatherwood of being a pawn of those political interests.

All in all, it’s easy to understand why, during her years as a Tennessee Senator, her colleagues and her party’s leaders frequently granted themselves exemptions to the Republican Party’s 11th Commandment.

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Tags: Arlington, Marsha Blackburn, Memphis, Tom Leatherwood